L.N. 159 of 2025, Granting of Citizenship for Exceptional Services (Amendment) Regulations, 2025

L.N. 159 of 2025, Granting of Citizenship for Exceptional Services (Amendment) Regulations (English text): renames S.L. 188.06 as merit-based naturalisation regulations; new definitions (dependants incl. children under 29); eligibility and disqualification wording; applications filed directly or through an approved professional; deletes the eligibility assessment (regs. 8-10), Part IV direct-investment route and the 400/1,500 cap (regs. 15-19, 21), fee and repeal provisions (regs. 30-31) and the First to Fourth Schedules; new proposal-letter procedure (reg. 11A) with four-tier due diligence and application stage (reg. 11B: 8 months residence, property, language, ties); Evaluation Board composition and remuneration; oath within six months; continuing obligations; deprivation; transitional clause ending investment-route applications not approved before 29 Apr 2025. No amounts (fees left to the Agency) and no statistics. Added an event for the deletion of the investment route and the lapse of unapproved applications. For decision: this transitional clause is a primary-source basis for the programme note that new applications stopped on 29 Apr 2025.